[Elecraft] Re" ham shack computers...

[Dave Perry]

This is from Microsoft's website:

      Desktop operating systems      Latest service pack      End of 
mainstream support      End of extended support
      Windows XP
         Service Pack 3
         April 14, 2009
         April 8, 2014



I'm an XP fan, but it does look like XP is close to coming to an end. 
Mainstream support is for consumers.  Extended support is for commercial 
users.  I'm still getting updates and patches for my XP machines, but who 
knows how long that will last.

Dave, N4QS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ragle" <tpcj1r03 at crocker.com>
To: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>; "elecraft" 
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:01 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re" ham shack computers...


> Don...
>
>     I had originally penned a long op-ed piece in response to this
> thread, but decided not to waste server space. If one is thinking of a
> dedicated ham shack machine for digital modes, I think your
> recommendation of XP (Pro) on a refurbished machine with half a gig of
> core and a modest hard drive is right on target. The idea that XP is
> "dead" is no more true than the idea that the PC is also "dead." A lot
> of things are bruited about by those who sell computers that are pure
> nonsense. I have a small XP/Pro machine that does an excellent job. I
> also have a much more capable WIN7 machine that handles digital mode
> communications very well, along with all my other computing needs, e.g.
> Maple/MathCad, video chat, records keeping, PC board editing, etc. etc.
> ad naus. Guess which one travels with me in mobile mode...
>
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
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